gadolinium

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/ˌɡæd.əˈlɪn.i.əm/

noun

A chemical element (symbol Gd) with atomic number 64: a ductile silvery-white metal.

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Gdatomic number 64
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Meanings

noungadolinium (countable and uncountable, plural gadoliniums)

plural gadoliniums

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA chemical element (symbol Gd) with atomic number 64: a ductile silvery-white metal.
    1. countablechemistryAn atom of this element.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group

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Gdatomic number 64
Broader
metallic elementmetal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Named after chemist Johan Gadolin, a Swedish-speaking Finn, + -ium.

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Translations

Afrikaans gadolinium
  • gadoliniumchemical element
Arabic جَادُولِينِيُوم, جَدُلِنْيُوم
  • جَادُولِينِيُوم (jādūlīniyūm)chemical element
  • جَدُلِنْيُوم (jadulinyūm)chemical element
Basque gadolinioa
  • gadolinioachemical element
Bulgarian гадоли́ний
  • гадоли́ний (gadolínij)chemical element
Catalan gadolini
  • gadolinichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 釓 /钆
  • 釓 /钆 (gá)chemical element
Czech gadolinium
  • gadoliniumchemical element
Danish gadolinium
  • gadoliniumchemical element
Dutch gadolinium
  • gadoliniumchemical element
Esperanto gadolinio
  • gadoliniochemical element
Estonian gadoliinium
  • gadoliiniumchemical element
Finnish gadolinium
  • gadoliniumchemical element
French gadolinium
  • gadoliniumchemical element
German Gadolinium
  • Gadoliniumchemical element
Greek γαδολίνιο
  • γαδολίνιο (gadolínio)chemical element
Hebrew גדוליניום
  • גדוליניום (gadolínyum)chemical element
Hindi योनिला
  • योनिला (yonilā)chemical element
Hungarian gadolínium
  • gadolíniumchemical element
Icelandic gadólín
  • gadólínchemical element
Irish gadailiniam
  • gadailiniamchemical element
Italian gadolinio
  • gadoliniochemical element
Japanese ガドリニウム
  • ガドリニウム (gadoriniumu)chemical element
Korean 가돌리늄
  • 가돌리늄 (gadollinyum)chemical element
Latin gadolinium
  • gadoliniumchemical element
Latvian gadolīnijs
  • gadolīnijschemical element
Lithuanian gadolinis
  • gadolinischemical element
Malay gadolinium
  • gadoliniumchemical element
Norwegian gadolinium
  • gadoliniumchemical element
Polish gadolin
  • gadolinchemical element
Portuguese gadolíneo, gadolínio
  • gadolíneochemical element
  • gadolíniochemical element
Romanian gadoliniu
  • gadoliniuchemical element
Russian гадоли́ний
  • гадоли́ний (gadolínij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic gadailiniam
  • gadailiniamchemical element
Slovak gadolínium
  • gadolíniumchemical element
Spanish gadolinio
  • gadoliniochemical element
Swedish gadolinium
  • gadoliniumchemical element
Tamil கடோலினியம்
  • கடோலினியம் (kaṭōliṉiyam)chemical element
Thai แกโดลิเนียม
  • แกโดลิเนียม (gɛɛ-doo-lí-nîiam)chemical element
Turkish gadolinyum
  • gadolinyumchemical element
Ukrainian гадолі́ній, ґадолі́ній
  • гадолі́ній (hadolínij)chemical element
  • ґадолі́ній (gadolínij)chemical element
Vietnamese gađolini
  • gađolinichemical element
Welsh gadoliniwm
  • gadoliniwmchemical element
Cite this entry
APA

gadolinium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gadolinium

MLA

“gadolinium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gadolinium. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gadolinium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gadolinium.

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